My colleague Lee Roop reported that private school administrators have noticed a bump in enrollment applications this year. They attributed that trend to parents wary of recent changes in Huntsville city schools.

A federal court-approved desegregation plan transferred hundreds of students from predominantly black schools to predominantly white schools in the fall of 2015, and led to a revised code of conduct.

Despite public outcry, spokesman Keith Ward said the city school system isn't hemorrhaging students and is growing by "roughly 300 students a year."